[erlang-questions] How to do counters?

[Jarrod Roberson]

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Richard O'Keefe <ok@REDACTED> wrote:

> As a general rule, don't register a process unless there is
> a REALLY good reason to do so.


Is the reason not to register processes performance related or is it a "best
practices" thing?
And if it is performance related, how would someone know if they have a
REALLY good reason to register the process?